# Charlotte Zhu

> Senior Software Engineer at Walt Disney Animation Studios

Location: Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States
Profile: https://flows.cv/charlottezhu

## Work Experience
### Senior Software Engineer @ Walt Disney Animation Studios
Jan 2021 – Present

### General Technical Director @ Walt Disney Animation Studios
Jan 2018 – Jan 2021

### Assistant Technical Director @ Walt Disney Animation Studios
Jan 2017 – Jan 2018 | Greater Los Angeles Area

### Software Engineer @ Optimus Ride
Jan 2017 – Jan 2017 | Greater Boston Area

### Software Engineer Intern @ Voxel8: 3D Printing Electronics
Jan 2016 – Jan 2016 | Somerville, MA

### Robotics Software Engineering Intern @ Mayfield Robotics
Jan 2015 – Jan 2015 | Palo Alto, CA

### Software Engineer Intern @ Facebook
Jan 2014 – Jan 2014 | Menlo Park

### UROP @ CSAIL Learning and Intelligence Systems Group
Jan 2013 – Jan 2014 | Cambridge, Massachussets
- Worked on dynamically manipulating a robot arm to play ping pong
- Incorporated human advice into the robot's learning algorithm extended from the Gaussian Process Bandit Optimization framework

### Engineering Practicum Intern @ Google
Jan 2013 – Jan 2013 | Cambridge, Massachusetts
- Worked with the Test Engineering team for ITA/Google Flights
- Developed testing infrastructure to help ITA in transitioning from running off of their own server to Google’s server

### Product Development Intern @ 3Play Media
Jan 2013 – Jan 2013 | Cambridge, Massachusetts
•	Designed and implemented a prototype for a video annotation plugin feature in JavaScript and jQuery

### Undergraduate Research (UROP) @ CSAIL Computer Graphics Group
Jan 2012 – Jan 2012 | Cambridge, Massachusetts
• Joined team working on new software for creating and editing recorded educational lecture-style videos
• Assigned to implement browser version of software using HTML5 and JavaScript

### Undergraduate Researcher (UROP) @ CSAIL Computer Graphics Group
Jan 2012 – Jan 2012 | Cambridge, Massachusetts
• Designed and coded web applets to demonstrate technical aspects of computational photography for educational purposes
• Improved coding techniques and skills in HTML5 and Javascript


## Education
### Master of Engineering in Computer Science
Massachusetts Institute of Technology

### Bachelor of Science (B.S.) in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
Massachusetts Institute of Technology

### Shanghai American School


## Contact & Social
- LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/charizarrd

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Last updated: 2026-03-31